Factory Floor – ~ (R E A L L O V E) (An Optimo (Espacio) mix)
All hail the Friday gods! It’s sunny and the mighty Factory Floor are back! London’s finest exponents of synth-techno-noise mayhem team up with the very special Optimo Music for the exclusive single “~(R E A L L O V E)”. JD Twitch and his sometime collaborator Dave Clark unleash an [...]
Nino Nardini – Afro-Beat/Afro-Syn (edit)
I have just realised that this is my first post for the cheery old month of Feb. Soz for that! How about some Nino Nardini to brighten up your day and indeed your month?? This 1972 piece of synth wizardry sees the Library music legend Nardini experiment with bleeps and [...]
The Peppers – Pepper Box
A bit of Monday Moog action for you today from one of my favourite French one hit wonders, The Peppers. Originally released in 1973, ‘Pepper Box’ was originally featured on a TV commercial soundtrack. The playful and warm blend of library music and glam was produced by band member Pierre-Alain [...]
Groovy Ghosts of Yule: Alan Vega – No More Christmas Blues
The weather outside is frightful so how about we hear the delightful Ghost Rider himself, Alan Vega, warble a Christmas tune in the only way he can? What else you going to do? Nothing! Included on the ZE’s 1982 A Christmas Record compilation, this quite gloomy sounding yet strangely uplifting [...]
Casionova… A Days Are Numbers Magic Mix
I’m delighted to present an exclusive mix for Days Are Numbers from the delightful Casionova! Recorded just in time for this weekend’s Magic Waves Festival (have I mentioned that this week??), this delicious mix comes from one the finest purveyors of all things Italo, electro and everything in-between. Co-founder of [...]
Single of the Day: N.O.I.A – The Rule To Survive (Looking For Love)
To celebrate the forthcoming Magic Waves Festival, Days Are Numbers is going all Italo, electro and synthy for a week! With special mixes from Casionova and one from yours truly, we’ve also got loads of, ahem, magical tunes that will gear you up for the weekend, starting with N.O.I.A’s 1983 [...]
Plastic Mode – Digitally
Released on the fantastic Italo label Discomagic in 1985, ‘Digitally’ was the instrumental b-side to Plastic Mode’s seminal track Baja Imperial. An excellent and essential synth-heavy piece of Italo, it frequently features in the setlists of the likes of James Murphy and Metro Area. So enough of my yakkin’, let’s [...]
Single of the Day – Zazou/Biyake/Cy1 – Dju Ya Feza
Zazou/Biyake/C1’s Noir Et Blanc is a classic Afro-electronic fusion LP (but let’s face it, how many classic Afro-electronic fusion records are there? Let me know!). The futuristic combination of Congolese vocals (courtesy of Bona Biyake) with warped analog synthesizers, the track ‘Dyu Ya Feza’ still sounds astonishing, especially when you [...]
The Simonsound – Baker’s Dozen
Since I took a leap into the unknown yesterday with some “new” music, I thought I would carry it on today with an out of this world track from The Simonsound. Having produced one of my favourite albums of the year so far with their debut Reverse Engineering, sound scientists [...]
Single of the Day – Roger Powell – Lunar Plexus
Taken from his 1980 album Air Rocket, today’s Single of the Day comes courtesy of former Utopia keyboardist Roger Powell. Gracing the Todd Rundgren-fronted band from 1974 to 1985, Powell’s keyboard virtuosity added an electrifying dimension to the group’s musical outlook. The protégé of the one and only Robert Moog, [...]